The guest speaker explains the appeal of being unreachable and using a plain text editor, like Vim, which allows their website to withstand the test of time for hundreds of years.
Computer scientist Sebastian Seung compares the different ways one can write code to the styles of writing essays, highlighting the importance of clean, parsimonious code for programming beginners. He also discusses how asking the right questions and understanding the context is key to a successful interview.
The host discusses the challenges of programming episodes during the pandemic and how the absence of hair and makeup affected the show's format.
The Unix philosophy has won in server-side programming, and there will be different veneers over Unix, but if you peel away one or two layers, it will still be Unix-y for a long time; meanwhile, client-side programming is growing.
The belief that multi-thread problems are the cause of application slowdowns, is a common misconception in programming, often perpetuated by programmers themselves. This myth has been debunked numerous times by experts.
The speaker reminisces about his early experiences with programming and how working with Jason Fried at Basecamp helped him discover his passion for programming.
